Scrappy border ideas?

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09-02-2010, 06:39 AM

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sewmuchmore

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Gorgeous, I love scrappy quilts. Great work. :thumbup: :thumbup:

09-02-2010, 09:23 AM

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Ritzquilts

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I would finish it off with the green and top and bind in green

09-02-2010, 10:13 AM

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paintmejudy

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Originally Posted by aneternalpoet

A teenaged young woman asked me to make her a quilt using her favorite color of this green, and variatons of purples.. she didn't mind it being scrappy, since scrappy is my first true (quilting ) love.. I need some ideas for a border , or several borders.. anyone want to give some ideas - I tryed doing a braid around the edge, but did not like it for some reason.. borders are not my favorite thing to do - so I am stumped..

I would put a same size green strip at the bottom. Then at the top, put a thinner strip the width of the little blocks, then add a row of blocks and then finish off with a wider same sized strip as used in the sashing and bottom.